Bard Prison Initiative

Bard Prison Initiative

The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) is a program sponsored by Bard College to provide a liberal arts degree to incarcerated individuals in five different prisons in the U.S. State of New York. It currently enrolls nearly 200 students.cite web |url=http://www.bard.edu/bpi/ |title=Bard Prison Initiative |accessdate=2008-05-16 |format= |work=Bard Prison Initiative website] Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1995, [cite episode |title=Maximum Security Education |episodelink= |url= |series=60 Minutes |serieslink= |credits= |network=CBS |station= |city= |airdate=2007-04-15 |began= |ended= |season= |number= |minutes= |transcript=Transcript |transcripturl=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/15/60minutes/main2685164.shtml |accessdate=2008-05-16] the BPI is one of the only college degree granting programs available in U.S. prisons.

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